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For faster healing, get ‘hip’ to minimally invasive surgery
Looking for some straight talk on hip replacements? Then you might do well to spend some time in ...
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Brain reboot? Psychiatric care may see radical shift
Even if you’re unfamiliar with serotonin, a chemical messenger in the brain, you’ve likely heard of drugs such ...
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Clinical trial yields tantalizing heart and cancer clues
Dr. Jose Rivera, a cardiologist with the Steward Health Group and the Sebastian River Medical Center, is finally ...
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‘VeriStrat’ test may be a revolutionary cancer diagnostic
Dr. Kali Freeman, hematopathologist and medical director at the Indian River Medical Center’s pathology department, isn’t prone to ...
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Sobering study is wake-up call to tackle sleep apnea
There is important news for the more than 25 million U.S. adults who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea ...
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Tear not? Fear not: Dry eye disease is very treatable
The expression “there wasn’t a dry eye in the house” definitely did not originate in this part of ...
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Adult Day Care’s mission also includes caregiver support
Stress is not a competition. But if it were, people who serve as caregivers for spouses or other ...
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TAVR heart procedure may be ‘Greatest Cardiac Show on Earth’
Eileen Barnum is pretty, petite and downright perky. She’s also 94 years old and she just had the ...
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Why chronic kidney disease is called a ‘silent killer’
You’d think a health condition affecting 30 million American adults – one in seven – would be immediately ...
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Doctors see increase in throat cancer caused by HPV
Say the word “cancer” and the first medical specialties most people think about are “oncology” or “radiology” or ...
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Lymphedema can be a long – but manageable – fight
Upwards of 10 million Americans suffer from lymphedema, according to Lymphatic Education & Research Network. That’s more than ...
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Call to ‘arms’: Doc adamant about flu shots for kids
The “flu season” is here again and local pediatrician Dr. Marza Penny makes no bones about her top ...